I have a bit of a unique question. I'm planning on making a "pine forest" type base for my lizards. Think Pacific Northwest (if you're familiar with that area of the states) with a dark floor, pine needles, mushrooms, some sticks, tree stumps, etc. I'm struggling to find a convincing way to create pine needles to lay on sections of the base and was wondering if anyone had any experience (or suggestions) on creating this type of basing. A lot of things i'm reading suggest natural materials (herbs, real twigs, real pine needles cut to size, etc) and I haven't had much experience using those type of materials. Is there anything specific you need to do to avoid things like that rotting? Thanks for the help!
Hmmm that's hard as pine needles are pretty small compared to the model. I know that there are some products for that kind of forest, mostly for model train terrain. Might work.
Thanks! I actually haven't looked to see if something would be available for purchase, so i'll definitely check my local hobby store for their model train terrain. I don't know why but my brain just automatically assumed it would be something i'd have to make.
For forest floor I like to use the stuff from "Busch" In your case Busch 7529 "ground cover: pine forest" might be worth a try. https://www.amazon.de/Busch-7529-Nadelwald-Boden/dp/B0013BKAOQ
Check out this video by Paepercuts where he makes some pine trees: The majority of the video focusses on making the trees. Near the end he also decorates the base of the forest. Might give you some inspiration. Good luck!